"bothered" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when referring to the feeling of being annoyed or disturbed. Example sentence: I am so bothered by the loud noise outside my window.
Interactive guide Election countdown: the key dates up to June 7 Interactive quizzes Can you be bothered?
They weren't too bothered by the pizza theft, but said the video shows the men driving dangerously.
And who could be bothered to stop him?
Back then though, the straight-talking painter-decorator dismissed the acting world as 'pish', so it was a small miracle that he bothered to pick up The Crucible at all.
When I ask how they feel about the election, the most common reactions are either silence or: "I'm not that bothered".
Cowell wouldn't be bothered by the string of abusive reviews; he'd be used to that.
I can't say this discreet device has ever bothered me, but the phenomenon is bothering lots of other people.
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MA of Applied Linguistic, Maquarie University, Australia